Proposed SPI Bylaws Amendment

[Ean Schuessler]

[Much giggling and nodding in agreement]

On Sat, 2002-12-14 at 18:51, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> 	And what hen the board grows? To be 20 strong? 50? a hundred?
>  The by laws would still say 4 would be enough? That is what I meant
>  by short sighted. Or shall we change the by laws every time we add a
>  new member of the board? or the attendance patterns change? Like, if
>  only one person regularly attends, we'll drop quorum to one?
> 
> 	Also, I posit that merely reducing quorum does not address the
>  root cause, and we'll be back again in the same position.
> 
> 	If your working model does not take into account the fact that
>  peoples life change, temporarily, or longer term; we all have jobs,
>  school, or families, people fall sick. Unless there is provision for
>  this, the solution shall fail.
> 
> 	Having a larger board is a solution; statistically, things
>  would tend to even out. Changing the by laws to allow for critical
>  business to be transacted buy the officers, and relegating the board
>  to oversight would help too (why do all critical decisions need the
>  boards approval? Most businesses are run by yhe officers, not the
>  board). Changing the processes to allow for non unanimous decisions
>  to be taken over email is another thing that can scale. 
> 
> 	We have a problem. We need a solution that would continue to
>  work over time, not just the current mess. We need to fix the
>  disease, not just pander to the symptoms. This requires more effort
>  in crafting the solution, but the payoff is higher as well. 
> 
> 	Most of my objections are to quick changes, that are merely
>  chewing gum and baling wire, as opposed to actually thinking the
>  solutions through, and allowiung for potential future growth and the
>  for the fact hat unlike a business, a volunteer organization can
>  demand less from even board members.

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